A brief glimmer of hope quickly faded after missing Tobago man Richie Cox’s body was sighted drifting out at sea, but it had vanished by the time the dive team reached the scene.
Cox went missing on Tuesday evening during a fishing trip with a friend at Black Beach Black Rock.
His mother, Michelle, said her son always loved going to the sea and spent most of his time in the sea from as young as an infant.
She told Guardian Media earlier today:
“By God’s grace today they must find him. But we really need some more assistance in divers. Yesterday they saw the body but after, when they went back down, the body was gone.”
She said she felt his body could have been retrieved the first time it was spotted. She also called on the Coast Guard to do more in the search and retrieval efforts.